Earthquake in Bama

Robert E. Lee · Registered User Joined: 18 Jul 2001 Posts: 2904

I experienced my first Earthquake this morning!! It was 4.9 located around 50 miles from my home.

Here's the story..

http://al.com/newsflash/regional/?stories/0429earthquake.html
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John Doe · Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2003 12:28 pm Post subject:

Are you sure it was a Earthquake and not just Buford Pusser breaking wind?

I think I can get away with saying that as he doesnt check the forums much anymore.

JD
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Chan · Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2003 12:28 pm Post subject:

Are you sure Rosie O'Donnel didn't just pass by your house?

But good to see you are all'right.

John Doe · Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2003 12:29 pm Post subject:

Rob, in the earthquake was your trailer knocked off its foundations? What? I though everyone in Alabama lived in a trailer? ;-P
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The Nanite · Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2003 12:32 pm Post subject:

It wasn't an earthquake. Danno caused a lagspike on TV1 that affected the southeast.

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John Doe · Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2003 12:52 pm Post subject:

After further research it turns out it wasn't a Earthquake, Buford or Rosie. In fact it was a large explosion at the still where Robert E. Lee makes his homebrew.

"Not to be worried" says Lee, "We will be back up and producing the latest product for the Ville store in a matter of days".

The Ville White Lightning has only been available from the Ville store for a matter of days but has already set massive sales records the likes that have not been seen since the Ville Thong was released.

JD
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FragFailure · Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2003 12:58 pm Post subject:

Secret Squirrel 006 · Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2003 1:29 pm Post subject:

i live in Georgia, but my parents still woke up because of the earthquake, but i didn't even know until school when somebody in my class told me
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SpeCies · Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2003 2:23 pm Post subject:

They say that one of the biggest Fault Lines lies uncharted somewhere on the East Coast.

Largest Earthquake in Alabama

On the basis of the number of chimneys destroyed, this earthquake was more severe in Irondale than in any other town between Easonville and Birmingham. At Irondale, about 5 kilometers north of Birmingham, 14 chimneys in a two-block area were partly destroyed, and six chimneys on a brick store were leveled almost to the roof. Many other chimneys either were leveled to the roofs or were cracked so badly that they had to be rebuilt. At Pell City, a few bricks were dislocated from one of the courthouse chimneys, and near Easonville, a few chimneys were damaged lightly. Poorly built chimneys on the eastern edge of Birmingham were damaged heavily.

A careful study of the Red Gap fault, which extends from near Gate City to beyond Irondale, did not reveal direct evidence of recent earth movement. The most significant geologic result was the effect of the earthquake on underground water, particularly in Irondale. Five wells in a one-block area of Irondale went dry immediately after the shock, and the water level in many others was lowered. At Pell City, the shock lowered the water level in one well about 50 centimeters. Several small aftershocks occurred through October 28. Also felt in Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.

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OpTlk · Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2003 2:34 pm Post subject:

Hmm, earthquakes in 'Bama are measured by the number of destroyed or damaged chimneys??? wow, they really must be rare then!! so it was a 4.9 on the chimney damage scale...which basically transalates into 4.9 chimneys per block?? hEh

I've been through many here in Cali. the small ones can be fun, kinda feels like you're on a rollercoaster or those uneven floors they have at carnival funhouses. The big ones though, thats another story.

and unfortunately...San Diego is the only major coastal city in Cali that hasn't been hit hard yet(LA & San Fran sure got it)
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MuLiShA · Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2003 3:06 pm Post subject:

lol 4.9, theres been a 6.0 at the fault a few miles from my house.
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Typh00n · Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2003 3:44 pm Post subject:

DJ George · Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2003 9:01 pm Post subject:

Warhammer · Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2003 10:37 pm Post subject:

Yeah, I slept through it too but some other people I know here in Atlanta were woken up by it - the windows were rattling..
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